Knowledge of God in classical Sufism
Subtitle: foundations of Islamic mystical theology
By: translated and introduced by John Renard ; preface by Ahmet T. Karamustafa
Contributors: Renard, John, 1944-
Series: The classics of Western spirituality
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: God (Islam) -- Worship and love; Sufism -- Doctrines
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-412) and indexes
Table of contents: title: Introduction. pt. 1. Foundational sources and the Islamic religious disciplines; title: pt. 2. Experiential knowledge of God in classical and medieval Sufi texts; title: pt. 3. Beyond the classics; title: Texts in translation. Abū Naṣr as-Sarrāj: The book of flashes (Kitāb al-lumaʻ); title: Abū Bakr al-Kalābādhī: The exploration of Sufi teachings (Kitāb at-taʻarruf); title: Abū Ṭālib al-Makkī: The book of knowledge (Kitāb al-ʻilm): part thirty-one of The sustenance of hearts (Qūt al-qulūb); title: ʻAlī ibn ʻUthmān Hujwīrī: The revelation of realities veiled (Kashf al-maḥjūb); title: Abū ʻl-Qāsim al Qushayrī: The treatise on Sufism (Ar-Risālat al-qushayrīya); title: ʻAbd Allāh Anṣārī: The hundred fields (Ṣad maydān): resting places of the wayfarers (Manāzil as-sāʾirīn); title: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī: The elaboration of the marvels of the heart (Kitāb sharḥ ʻajāʾib al-qalb): book 21 of the Revitalization of the religious disciplines (Iḥyāʾ ʻulūm ad-dīn); title: Ibn al-ʻArīf: The beauties of spiritual sessions (Maḥāsin al-majālis); title: Abū Ḥafṣ ʻUmar as-Suhrawardī: The benefits of intimate knowledge (ʻAwārif al-maʻārif)